Polticizing prayer -- very sad day in America -- Part (too many too count). Obviously a Chaplian with no theological training or a graduate of the schol of Liberation Theology.

4:58 pm October 3, 2013

warmhouse4 wrote:

I saw this and couldn't believe the politcal sway to this man's words....which were so bent and poorly selected for a prayer...which should include all men and women of the Senate, and the prayer should be for America. To excoriate what has so far been perfectly reasonable by the conservatives is wrong, as the liberal democrats are the ones who are misleading the country through this kind of rubbish. This is not prayer, it is propaganda.

10:06 pm October 3, 2013

Telescopes wrote:

It's a great day when a man of the cloth speaks to power in the same manner of Jesus. Recall Jesus temple cleansing the temple, holding his own with Pilot, as well as the religious leaders of the day. Save us from the madness indeed.

4:05 pm October 4, 2013

East wrote:

He captures it perfectly, “Deliver us from the hypocrisy of attempting to sound reasonable while being unreasonable,” Senate Chaplain Barry Black said in the morning prayer. Their is unreasonableness taking place in congress. They are perpetuating the "tragedy of commons" coined by Gary Harden.

4:09 pm October 4, 2013

TexnOK wrote:

Love him! For those who question his training, this is from the Senate website:

Chaplain Black is a native of Baltimore, Maryland and an alumnus of Oakwood College, Andrews University, North Carolina Central University, Eastern Baptist Seminary, Salve Regina University, and United States International University. In addition to earning Master of Arts degrees in Divinity, Counseling, and Management, he has received a Doctorate degree in Ministry and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Psychology.

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